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BIG ISLAND MINING PTY LTD ABN 12 112 787 470

for the

Dargues Reef Gold Project

Revision 2

September 2012

Originally Prepared by:

Spectrum Acoustics Pty Limited

Blast Management Plan

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BIG ISLAND MINING PTY LTD ABN 12 112 787 470


for the

Dargues Reef Gold Project

Revision 2

Prepared for:

Big Island Mining Pty Ltd ABN: 12 112 787 470 Level 5, 72 Kings Park Road WEST PERTH WA 6005

Telephone: (08) 9485 0577 Facsimile: (08) 9485 0706 Email: [email protected]

Originally Prepared by:

Spectrum Acoustics Pty Ltd PO Box 374 WALLSEND NSW 2287

Tel: (02) 4954 2276 Fax: (02) 4954 2257 Email: [email protected]

On Behalf of:

Brooklyn Office: 1st Floor, 12 Dangar Road PO Box 239 BROOKLYN NSW 2083


Orange Office: 62 Hill Street ORANGE NSW 2800


Brisbane Office: Suite 5, Building 3 Pine Rivers Office Park 205 Leitchs Road BRENDALE QLD 4500


Ref No. 752/13 – Revision 2

September 2012

BIG ISLAND MINING PTY LTD BLAST MANAGEMENT PLAN

Dargues Reef Gold Project Report No. 752/13 – Revision 2

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Document Title Blast Management Plan

Document Number DAR-HSE-PE-QU-PLN-501

Document Owner Environmental Supervisor

Revision Issue Date Originator Reviewed Approved

Original 9/11/2011 Neil Pennington Mitchell Bland AJ Saverimutto

Revision 1 15/02/2012 Department of Planning and Infrastructure

Mitchell Bland

Revision 2 17/09/2012 James Dornan Mitchell Bland

Next Review Due within 3 months of:

the submission of an annual review under Condition 5(3);

the submission of an incident report under Condition 5(6);

the submission of an audit report under Condition 5(8); and

any modification to the conditions of MP 10_0054.

This Copyright is included for the protection of this document

COPYRIGHT

© Spectrum Acoustics Pty Limited 2012

and

© Big Island Mining Pty Ltd 2012

All intellectual property and copyright reserved.

Apart from any fair dealing for the purpose of private study, research, criticism or review, as

permitted under the Copyright Act, 1968, no part of this report may be reproduced, transmitted,

stored in a retrieval system or adapted in any form or by any means (electronic, mechanical,

photocopying, recording or otherwise) without written permission. Enquiries should be addressed to

R.W. Corkery & Co. Pty Limited.

BLAST MANAGEMENT PLAN BIG ISLAND MINING PTY LTD

Report No. 752/13 – Revision 2 Dargues Reef Gold Project

CONTENTS Page


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1. INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................................................. 1

2. CONSULTATION ............................................................................................................................. 2

3. LEGAL AND OTHER REQUIREMENTS ........................................................................................ 3

4. OBJECTIVES AND OUTCOMES .................................................................................................... 6

5. SURROUNDING RESIDENCES ...................................................................................................... 6

6. BLASTING MANAGEMENT MEASURES ...................................................................................... 6

6.1 ASSESSMENT OF STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY ................................................................... 6

6.1.1 Property Inspections .................................................................................................... 6

6.1.2 Property Investigations ................................................................................................ 8

6.2 BLAST MITIGATION MEASURES ........................................................................................ 9

6.2.1 Introduction .................................................................................................................. 9

6.2.2 Blast Design ................................................................................................................. 9

6.2.3 Blasting Hours ............................................................................................................. 9

6.3 PUBLIC INFORMATION RE BLASTING OPERATION ...................................................... 10

7. BLAST-RELATED MONITORING ................................................................................................. 10

8. EVALUATION OF COMPLIANCE ................................................................................................. 11

9. COMPLAINTS HANDLING AND RESPONSE ............................................................................. 11

10. CORRECTIVE AND PREVENTATIVE ACTIONS ......................................................................... 13

11. INCIDENT REPORTING ................................................................................................................ 13

12. PUBLICATION OF MONITORING INFORMATION ...................................................................... 14

13. ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITY ................................................................................................... 14

14. COMPETENCE TRAINING AND AWARENESS .......................................................................... 14

15. REVIEW ......................................................................................................................................... 15

FIGURES

Figure 1 Surrounding Residences and Blast Monitoring Locations ..................................................... 7

TABLES

Table 1 Relevant Conditions – MP 10_0054 ...................................................................................... 3

Table 2 Development Consent Requirements .................................................................................... 5

Table 3 Objectives and Key Performance Outcomes ......................................................................... 6

Table 4 Blast Monitoring Locations ................................................................................................... 10



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1. I N T RO D U C TI ON

Spectrum Acoustics Pty Ltd has been commissioned by R W Corkery & Co Pty Limited on

behalf of Big Island Mining Pty Ltd (the Company) to prepare a Blast Management Plan for the

Dargues Reef Gold Project (the Project). The Project Site is located approximately 60km

southeast of Canberra, 13km south of Braidwood and immediately north of the village of

Majors Creek. The Project consists of an underground gold mine, a run-of-mine (ROM) pad,

temporary waste rock emplacement, processing plant, tailings storage facility and associated

infrastructure and ancillary activities.

This document has been prepared in satisfaction of Condition 3(11) of Modified Project

Approval (MP) 10_0054 and describes the following.

The consultation undertaken during preparation of this document.

The legal and other requirements associated with management of blasting

operations within the Project Site.

Blast management measures that would be implemented during all blasting

operations.

Evaluation of compliance of blasting operations.

Incident reporting.

Publication of monitoring information.

Roles and responsibility.

Competence training and awareness.

Document review.

The Project is fully described in the following documents and no further background

information is provided in this document.

Environmental Assessment dated September 2010 and associated documentation

prepared to support the application for Project approval.

Mining Operations Plan dated September 2011.

Environmental Assessment – Modification 1 dated April 2012.

In addition, a range of management plans have been prepared to guide operations within the

Project Site. These include the following.

Noise Management Plan.

Air Quality and Greenhouse Gas Management Plan.

Water Management Plan.

Biodiversity Management Plan.

Aboriginal Heritage Management Plan.

Traffic Management Plan.



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Waste Management Plan.

Bushfire Management Plan.

2. C O N S U LTAT I O N

The following consultation was undertaken during preparation of this document.

An email requesting requirements for the Blast Management Plan was provided to

the Department of Planning and Infrastructure, Office of Environment and

Heritage and Palerang Shire Council on 8 September 2011. No responses were

received by 7 October 2011.

A draft copy the original of this document was provided to Office of Environment

and Heritage and Palerang Shire Council for review and comment. Responses

received were as follows.

– Office of Environment and Heritage

Responded with minor comments on 28 October 2011.

Were provided with a revised copy of this document on 28 October 2011.

Indicated satisfaction with the revised document on 31 October 2011.

– Palerang Council

Indicated that they would not be commenting on this document in an email

dated 8 November 2011.

A draft of Revision 2 of this document was provided to the EPA and Palerang

Council on 28 August 2012 following the approval of Modification 1 to

MP 10_0054. Responses were received from:

– The EPA on 5 September 2012 highlighting two minor issues requiring

clarification of terminology within the draft document; and

– Palerang Council on (18 September 2012) indicating that Council would not

be commenting on the draft document.




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3. L E G AL AN D O T H E R R EQ U I REM E N TS

The Project received project approval (PA) 10_0054 on 2 September 2011 pursuant to the

Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 (EP&A Act). Following two appeals to the

Land and Environment Court, the Court subsequently granted project approval on

7 February 2012. Modification 1 for the use of paste fill at the Project Site was subsequently

approved by the Director-General of the Department of Planning and Infrastructure on

12 July 2012 (MP 10_0054). The Project Approval stipulates the required criteria that the

construction and operational activities of the Project must comply with and sets out the core

requirements of this Management Plan. Relevant conditions associated with this approval are

reproduced in Table 1 below.

Table 1

Relevant Conditions – MP 10_0054 Page 1 of 2

BLASTING

3(6) Blasting Criteria

The Proponent shall ensure that the blasting on site does not cause exceedances of the following criteria:

Location Time of Blasting Airblast

overpressure (db (Lin Peak))

Ground vibrations (mm/s)

Allowable exceedance

Residence on privately owned

land

Any time 120 10 0%

Day 115 5 5% of the total number of blasts

over a period of 12 months

Evening - 2

Night and all day on Sundays and public

holidays - 1 0%

Note: All blasts are to be designed by a suitably qualified and experienced blasting engineer

3(7) Blasting Hours

The Proponent shall comply with the following blasting hours.

Activity Blasting Hours

Surface blasting 9am – 5pm Monday – Friday, excluding public holidays

Underground blasting Anytime

3(8) Property Inspections

If the Proponent receives a written request from the owner of any privately-owned land within 2 kilometres of blasting operations for a property inspection to establish the baseline condition of any buildings and/or structures on his/her land, or to have a previous property inspection report updated, then within 2 months of receiving this request the Proponent shall:

(a) commission a suitably qualified, experienced and independent person, whose appointment has been approved by the Director-General to: - Establish the baseline condition of the buildings and/or structures on the land or

update the previous property inspection report; and - Identify any measures that should be implemented to minimise the potential

blasting impacts of the project on these buildings and/or structures; and (b) give the landowner a copy of the new or updated property inspection report.




Table 1 (Cont’d)

Relevant Conditions – MP 10_0054 Page 2 of 2

BLASTING (Cont’d)

3(9) Property Investigations

If any landowner of privately-owned land within 2 kilometres of blasting operations, or any other landowner nominated by the Director-General, claims that buildings and/or structures on his/her land have been damaged as a result of blasting at the project, the Proponent shall within 3 months of receiving this request:

(a) commission a suitably qualified, experienced and independent person, whose appointment has been approved by the Director-General, to investigate the claim; and

(b) give the landowner a copy of the property investigation report.

If this independent property investigation confirms the landowner’s claim, and both parties agree with these findings, then the Proponent shall repair the damages to the satisfaction of the Director-General.

If the Proponent or landowner disagrees with the findings of the independent property investigation, then either party may refer the matter to the Director-General for resolution.

3(10) Operating Conditions

During mining operations on site, the Proponent shall implement best blasting practice to:

(a) protect the safety of people, property, public infrastructure, and livestock; (b) protect items of Aboriginal and non-indigenous cultural heritage significance; (c) minimise the dust and fume emissions from blasting at the project; and (d) operate a suitable system to enable the public to get up-to-date information of the

proposed blasting schedule on site,

to the satisfaction of the Director-General.


3(11) The Proponent shall prepare and implement a Blast Management Plan for the project to the satisfaction of the Director-General. This plan must:

(a) be prepared in consultation with OEH and Council, and submitted to the Director-General for approval prior to undertaking any blasting on-site;

(b) describe the blast mitigation measures that would be implemented to ensure compliance conditions of 6-10 of this schedule;

(c) describe the measures that would be implemented to ensure the public can get up-to-date information on the proposed blasting schedule on site; and

(d) include a blast monitoring program to evaluate the performance of the project.

Other relevant requirements include an Environmental Protection Licence issued under

Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997 (PoEO Act). The PoEO Act is the

principal piece of legislation governing blast emissions in NSW.

Table 2 presents the requirements for this plan and where each is addressed in this document.




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Table 2

Development Consent Requirements

Requirement Section

Condition 3(11)


The Proponent shall prepare and implement a Blast Management Plan for the project to the satisfaction of the Director-General. This plan must:

(a) be prepared in consultation with OEH and Council, and submitted to the Director-General for approval prior to undertaking any blasting on-site;

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(b) describe the blast mitigation measures that would be implemented to ensure compliance conditions 6-10 of this schedule;

6.2

(c) describe the measures that would be implemented to ensure the public can get up-to-date information on the proposed blasting schedule on site; and

6.3

(d) include a blast monitoring program to evaluate the performance of the project. 7

Condition 5(2)

Management Plan Requirements

The Proponent shall ensure that the management plans required under this approval are prepared in accordance with any relevant guidelines, and include:

(a) detailed baseline data; N/A

(b) a description of:

the relevant statutory requirements (including any relevant approval, licence or lease conditions);

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any relevant limits or performance measures/criteria; Table 1

the specific performance indicators that are proposed to be used to judge the performance of, or guide the implementation of, the project or any management measures;

Table 1

(c) a description of the measures that would be implemented to comply with the relevant statutory requirements, limits, or performance measures/criteria;

6.2

(d) a program to monitor and report on the:

impacts and environmental performance of the project;

effectiveness of any management measures (see c above);

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(e) a contingency plan to manage any unpredicted impacts and their consequences; 8

(f) a program to investigate and implement ways to improve the environmental performance of the project over time;

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(g) a protocol for managing and reporting any:

incidents;

complaints; 8. 9. 10 and 11

non-compliances with statutory requirements; and

exceedances of the impact assessment criteria and/or performance criteria; and

(h) a protocol for periodic review of the plan. 15

Note: The Director-General may waive some of these requirements if they are unnecessary or unwarranted for particular management plans.




Finally, during preparation of this Plan, Department of Planning and Infrastructure requested

that an assessment of blasting impacts on the integrity of the paste fill be undertaken. This is

presented in Section 6.2.2.

4. O B JE C TI VE S AN D O U T C O M E S

Table 3 presents the objectives and key performance outcomes for this Noise Management

Plan and the Project.

Table 3 Objectives and Key Performance Outcomes

OBJECTIVES KEY PERFORMANCE OUTCOMES

Blasting

(a) To ensure compliance with all relevant Project approval and Environmental Protection Licence criteria and reasonable community expectations.

(i) Compliance with all relevant criteria and reasonable community expectations.

(b) To implement appropriate blast management and mitigation measures during all stages of the Project.

(ii) All identified noise management and mitigation measures implemented.

(c) To implement an appropriate blast monitoring program to establish compliance or otherwise with relevant criteria during all stages of the Project.

(iii) All identified monitoring undertaken in accordance with the relevant procedures and at the relevant intervals

(d) To implement an appropriate complaints handling and response protocol

(iv) Complaints (if any) handled and responded to in an appropriate manner.

(e) To implement appropriate corrective and preventative actions, if required.

(v) Corrective and preventative actions implemented, if required

(f) To implement an appropriate incident reporting program, if required.

(vi) Incidents (if any) reported in an appropriate manner.

5. S U R R O U ND I NG R ESI D E N C ES

Figure 1 displays the location of residences surrounding the Project Site.

6. B L AS T I N G M AN AG E M E N T M E AS U R E S

6.1 ASSESSMENT OF STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY

6.1.1 Property Inspections

Condition 3(8) of MP 10_0054 identifies the procedure for conducting baseline inspections for

properties within 2km of all blasting operations (Table 1).




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Figure 1 Surrounding Residences and Blast Monitoring Locations




The Company has undertaken the following in satisfaction of this requirement.

A letter to all land owners within 2km of blasting operations was mailed on

21 September 2011. Additionally where land owner references and details were

not available, properties were visited and letters were hand delivered by

7 October 2011. The letter notified residents that blasting operations would

commence no sooner than 24 November 2011 and that all residents receiving the

letter were entitled to a property inspection by a suitably qualified, experienced

and independent person whose appointment has been approved by the Department

of Planning and Infrastructure and advised how land owners could request a

property inspection.

Nine residents responded requesting property inspections, with the inspections

being completed in December 2011.

A second letter was mailed on the 3 June 2012, as it was noted that due to delays

with executing the Project a number of new residences have been built within the

prescribed area. Further, a number of residents who did not respond to the first

letter had expressed interest in having their property inspected following the

completion of inspections in December 2012. A database is being maintained

regarding those residents who have requested a property inspection, with property

inspections scheduled to occur prior to the start of Project-related construction.

Copies of the relevant reports were provided to the owners/residents of the

inspected properties. Digital copies will be provided to the Department of

Planning and Infrastructure following the completion of all property inspections.

6.1.2 Property Investigations

Condition 3(9) of MP 10_0054 identifies the procedure for conducting property investigations

in the event of a complaint related to blasting-related structural damage (Table 1). The

Company has committed to conducting property inspections and investigations, as the need

arises, in accordance with the above conditions.

In the event that blasting-related property damage is identified and that damage is conclusively

determined to be Project-related, the Company will implement the following procedure.

A suitably qualified, experienced and independent person whose appointment has

been approved by the Director-General of DP&I will be engaged to determine

what remedial action is required to initially stabilise the identified damage and

appropriately remediate it. A copy of the report will be provided to the landowner

for consideration.

If both the landowner and the Company agree with the recommendations, the

Company will, in consultation with the landowner, engage a suitably qualified

builder to complete the recommended work in a reasonable timeframe.




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Should either or both the landowner and the Company not agree with the

recommendation, the Company would seek to negotiate with the landowner to

reach a mutually agreeable solution.

Should a mutually agreeable solution not be able to be reached, either the

Company or the landowner may request that the issue be resolved in accordance

with the independent review process identified in Conditions 4(3) and 4(4) of

MP 10_0054.

6.2 BLAST MITIGATION MEASURES

6.2.1 Introduction

Condition 3(11)(c) of PA10_0054 identifies that this document describes the blast mitigation

measures that will be implements to ensure compliance with Conditions 3(6) to 3(10)

(Table 1). This section has been prepared in part satisfaction of that requirement. Measures

that will be implemented in relation to public notification and blast monitoring are presented in

Sections 6.3 and 7 respectively.

6.2.2 Blast Design

Commitment 4.13 (presented in Appendix 5 of MP 10_0054) identifies that all blasts will be

designed by a suitably qualified and experienced blasting engineer.

In addition, until such time as a suitable site law has been established, each blast will be

designed in a manner that ensures compliance with blast criteria identified in Condition 3(6)

using industry standard formula.

Once sufficient blast monitoring data has been collected, a suitable blasting site law would be

developed in accordance with industry practice and all subsequent blasts would be designed to

ensure that the blast criteria identified in Condition 3(6) are complied with (Table 1).

Finally, the paste will be designed to withstand blasting operations immediately adjacent to the

backfilled stopes. Notwithstanding this, the Company will ensure that the blast engineer has the

relevant experience for designing blasts associated with paste fill and that all blasts are designed

to minimise the impact on the structural integrity of the paste fill.

6.2.3 Blasting Hours

All blasting operations will be undertaken during the hours identified in Condition 3(7), as

follows.

Surface blasting will be undertaken only between the hours of 9:00am to 5:00pm,

Monday to Friday, excluding public holidays, except for emergency or safety-

related reasons and only after a written request for approval has been provided to

the Environment Protection Authority.




Underground blasting may be undertaken at any time. It is noted that because the

Dargues Reef Gold Mine is a small mine with limited development headings, that

restricting underground blasting operations to particular times of day will not be

practicable. However, in recognition of the concern of Office of Environment and

Heritage in relation to this matter, the Company will ensure that underground

blasts are undertaken, where practicable, at shift change, namely between 5:30am

and 6:30am and 5:30pm and 6:30pm.

6.3 PUBLIC INFORMATION RE BLASTING OPERATION

Condition 3(13)(d) of MP 10_0054 requires that this document describe the measures that will

be implemented to ensure that the public can get up-to-date information on the proposed

blasting schedule within the Project Site. These measures will include the following.

Continued operations of the Community Information Line (0415 682 917), a 24-

hour, 7 day per week service, where up-to-date information on the blasting

schedule will be available. The Community Information Line will operate for the

life of the Project and the telephone number will be advertised in local newspapers

at least quarterly and on the Project Website

One or more blast notice boards will be installed at the entrance to the Project Site

to advise Project personnel and visitors of the blasting schedule. These boards

will be visible from Majors Creek Road.

Indicative blast times will be provided on the Project website.

7. B L AS T - R E L AT E D M O NI TO RI N G

Condition 3(13)(d) of MP 10_0054 requires that this document describe the blast monitoring

program that will be initiated to evaluate the performance of the Project.

As a minimum, each blast, whether surface or underground, will be monitored for ground

vibration, and in the case of surface blasts, blast overpressure at the nearest non-Project related

residential receivers to the blast, subject to landholder agreement. The proposed monitoring

locations are indicated in Figure 1 and Table 4 presents the ownership details for each

monitoring location.

Table 4 Blast Monitoring Locations

Residence Identifier Landowner

R27 Matthew Dickerson

R29 B & C James

R108 J & K Spring

In addition, until sufficient blast monitoring data is available to establish a blasting site law,

additional blast monitoring will be undertaken at suitable locations within the Project Site.




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The blast monitoring locations will be reviewed and where necessary modified as a result of

changes to the geographical location of blasting or changes to regional land ownership.

All blast monitoring instrumentation will be installed, calibrated and maintained in accordance

with both AS2187.2 - 2006 and the manufacturer’s specifications. In addition, the Company

will investigate the feasibility of installing blast monitors capable of real-time relay of ground

vibration and overpressure results to relevant site personnel. Where real-time transmission is

not possible, data will be downloaded at the monitoring site as soon as possible after each blast.

8. E VAL U AT I O N O F C OM PLI AN C E

Upon receipt of blast monitoring data from each blast, the responsible personnel (see

Section 13) will record the measured blast overpressure and ground vibration parameters and

compare them with the relevant blast criteria identified in Condition 3(6) of MP 10_0054

(Table 1).

9. C OM P L AI N T S H AN D L I N G AN D RE SP O NS E

The Environmental Management System includes a detailed complaints management procedure.

This sub-section records the procedures that would be implement following receipt of a blast-

related complaint.

Blast-related complaints may be received either via one of the following methods.

Directly via the 24-hour, 7 day per week Community Information Line. This

number is currently 0415 682 917, however, the Company will implement a free

call number during the initial stages of the Project. This number will be

advertised widely in the local media, on signage at the Project Site entrance and

on the Project web site.

Directly via a dedicated email address ([email protected]) which will be

advertised in a similar manner to the Community Information Line.

Directly via the Project web site (www.darguesreef.com.au).

Indirectly via the relevant government agencies.

In addition, regular public meetings will be held with the community as part of the Company’s

standard consultation procedures. These meeting will provide a further forum at which

complaints maybe received.




Following receipt of any blast-related complaint, it would be recorded in the complaints register

and the Company would implement the following procedure.

1. The complaint will be reviewed by the Environmental Supervisor or their delegate

to determine the nature, date and time of the complaint and the activities occurring

within the Project Site at that time, in particular, whether a blast was being

undertaken at the time alleged.

2. In the event that a blast was being undertaken around the time of the complaint,

the Environmental Supervisor or their delegate would review the results of the

blast monitoring and prepare a preliminary investigation report.

3. A copy of the resulting report would be made available to the complainant and the

Environmental Supervisor or their delegate would contact the complainant to

discuss and attempt to resolve the complaint.

4. In the event that the procedures identified in Steps 1 to 3 above resolve the issues

raised, no further action would be taken. In the event that the complaint is not

resolved, then further blast monitoring at the complainants residence would be

undertaken in accordance with the procedures identified in Section 7. Following

monitoring of a suitable number of blasts a monitoring report would be prepared

outlining the results of that monitoring and provided to the relevant government

agencies and the complainant.

5. Should the monitoring report indicate that no exceedance of the criteria identified

in Condition 3(6), the Environmental Supervisor will continue to consult with the

complainant in relation to managing impacts at the Complainants residence.

6. Should the monitoring report indicate an exceedance of the criteria identified in

Condition 3(6), the Environmental Supervisor will notify the relevant government

agencies in accordance with the procedures identified in Section 11 and

implement the procedures identified in Section 10. In addition, the Environmental

Supervisor will continue to consult with the complainant in relation to the

complaint.

7. In the event that multiple complaints are received from the same individual(s) and

the Company can demonstrate:

– at least three periods of blast monitoring at the residence in question, all of

which demonstrated compliance with the criteria identified in Condition 3(6);

and

– there is documented evidence of a genuine attempt by the Company to discuss

the issue and seek a resolution with the complainant;

then the Company may, in consultation with the relevant government agencies,

limit responses to further complaints to Steps 1 to 3 above.




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10. C O R R E C TI V E AN D P R EV E N TAT I V E AC T I O NS

In the event that blast monitoring identifies an exceedance of the criteria identified in

Conditions 3(6), the exceedance will be investigated to determine the likely cause. The

investigation will seek to determine:

whether the exceedance of the criteria was directly related to a source associated

with the Project or if environmental factors contributed to the exceedance;

the primary cause of the incident;

any contributing factors which led to the incident;

whether appropriate controls were implemented to prevent the incident; and

corrective and preventative measures that may be implemented to prevent a

recurrence of the incident.

Corrective and/or preventative actions will be assigned to relevant Company personnel. In

addition, the blast parameters and blast site laws would be reviewed in light of the monitoring

results and adjusted as required to ensure no further exceedance of the criteria. Actions will be

communicated internally through planning meetings and toolbox talks and outstanding actions

will be monitored for their effectiveness upon completion.

A copy of the investigation report and regular updates on the status of the identified corrective

and/or preventative actions will be provided to the relevant government agencies and, if

required, the complainant, in accordance with the procedures identified in Section 11. In

addition, a copy of all report will in included in the Annual Environmental Management Report.

11. I N CI DE N T R EPO R TI N G

In the event that blast monitoring records an exceedance of the criteria identified in

Condition 3(6), the event will be reported to NSW Department of Planning and Infrastructure,

Office of Environment and Heritage and other relevant agencies within 24 hours of detecting

the exceedance.

Within 7 days the exceedance, the Company will submit a written report that:

a) describes the date, time, and nature of the exceedance;

b) identifies the cause (or likely cause) of the exceedance;

c) describes what action has been taken to date; and

d) describes the proposed measures to address the exceedance.

All incidence reports would retained for a period of no less than four years.




12. P U B LI C AT I O N O F M O NI TO RI N G I N F O RM AT I ON

The Company will publish all blast monitoring data in the Annual Environmental Management

Report that would be prepared for the Project. That document, once approved by the relevant

government agencies, would be published on the Project website.

In addition, the Company would publish a monthly environmental monitoring report on the

Project website, including an overview of blast monitoring results.

Finally, the Company will make blast monitoring information available to members of the

public on request and where reasonable to do so.

13. R O L ES AN D R E SP O NSI BI L I TY

ROLES RESPONSIBILITY

General Manager Must ensure adequate resources are available to enable implementation of the Plan.

Mining Manager Accountable for the overall environmental performance of the Project, including the outcomes of this Plan.

Blasting Engineer Design all blasts to ensure compliance with Condition 3(6) and review monitoring data following each blast to ensure compliance. Where non-compliance recorded, advise Environmental Supervisor and Mining Manager.

Environmental Supervisor Ensure the implementation of this Plan, including reporting of non-compliances with the criteria identified in Condition 3(6). Ensure employees are competent through training and awareness programs.

14. C OM PE T E NC E T R AI N I NG AN D AWAR E N E S S

All personnel shall undergo blast management awareness training. Blast Management shall be

a component of the competency based site induction program. The following areas shall be

covered in induction:

use of appropriate initiation and detonation systems and adherence to blast loading

and initiation designs;

use of adequate stemming lengths and material to ensure effective confinement of

explosives;

designing all blasts to ensure that vibration and airblast limits are complied with;

and

monitoring of all blasts reflective of the nearest privately owned residential

receiver and sensitive infrastructure.

The Environmental Supervisor shall be responsible for ensuring the appropriate Blast

Management training is included in the induction.




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15. R E VI E W

In accordance with Condition 5(4) of MP 0_0054, this Plan will be reviewed and, if required,

revised within 3 months of:

the submission of an annual review under Condition 5(3);

the submission of an incident report under Condition 5(6);

the submission of an audit report under Condition 5(8); and

any modification to the conditions of MP 10_0054.

This review will include the adequacy of strategies, plans and programs as required under the

Project approval. Recommendation for appropriate measures or action to improve the

environmental performance of the Project and or any assessment, plan or program will be

incorporated into this Plan.

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